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Number of Covid-19 confirmed cases slightly up in capital

ISLAMABAD: A slight increase has been witnessed in the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the capital...

Published 23 Mar, 2021 04:37am

Pakistan

Restaurants & hotels: ICT imposes ban on outdoor dining from 10pm

ISLAMABAD: In wake of increase in number of coronavirus cases, the Islamabad capital administration (ICT) on Friday...

Published 20 Mar, 2021 04:39am

Covid-19 positivity ratio shoots to 7.1pc

ISLAMABAD: The national Covid-19 positivity ratio of Pakistan on Tuesday shot to 7.1 percent as the country reported...

Published 17 Mar, 2021 04:45am

Pakistan

Exorbitant fee of ICT colleges’ deprive students of higher education

ISLAMABAD: The exorbitant fee structure of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) colleges in comparison to the provinces...

Updated 08 Mar, 2021 09:20am

Pakistan

Enforced disappearances: Commission disposes of 4,976 cases up to Feb 28, 2020

ISLAMABAD: The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances has disposed of 4,976 cases up to February 28, 2020...

Published 02 Mar, 2021 05:50am

Pakistan

ICT admin to launch crackdown against single-use plastic bags

ISLAMABAD: The residents of the federal capital have to shun using all sorts of single-use plastic bags by Monday as...

Published 01 Mar, 2021 06:13am

Pakistan

‘ICT is the only place where there is no food regulatory body’

ISLAMABAD: The parliamentarians are committed to the early regulation of food regulatory law for the Islamabad...

Published 26 Feb, 2021 05:20am

Naya Pakistan Housing Development Authority: Rs378bn being spent to provide low-cost housing: Gill

ISLAMABAD: The Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communications Dr Shahbaz Gill on Thursday said ...

Published 26 Feb, 2021 05:20am

Pakistan

Incidents of carjacking, theft, robbery increase in capital

ISLAMABAD: The incidents of carjacking and various kinds of theft witnessed a significant increase in the federal...

Updated 21 Feb, 2021 05:15pm

Pakistan

ICT admin forms JIT to probe IHC attack case

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has constituted a joint investigation team (JIT) to...

Updated 16 Feb, 2021 09:37am

Pakistan

Covid-19 vaccination: Registration of people aged 65 and above starts

ISLAMABAD: National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) Chairman, Asad Umar, Monday announced starting corona...

Updated 16 Feb, 2021 09:37am

Pakistan

COVID-19 claims 58 lives, infects 1,262 more people

ISLAMABAD: The national tally on Saturday of total active COVID-19 cases recorded 25,649 with 1,262 more people...

Updated 14 Feb, 2021 10:00am

FBR surpasses 7-month revenue target

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has surpassed the assigned revenue collection target of Rs2,550 ...

Published 13 Feb, 2021 04:11am

BR Research

ICTs: get smart

Lately, a few regulatory changes have stirred optimism in the ICT (information and communication technology)...

Published 12 Feb, 2021 07:35am

Govt employees’ protest forces govt to announce 25pc pay raise

ISLAMABAD: The protesting federal government employees Thursday brought the Centre to its knees, forcing it to give ...

Published 12 Feb, 2021 04:54am

Pakistan

KP’s three districts: USF awards contract to Telenor for high-speed broadband services

ISLAMABAD: The Universal Service Fund (USF) on Wednesday awarded contract worth around Rs 1.37 billion to Telenor ...

Updated 11 Feb, 2021 09:35am

Pakistan

62 more die of Covid-19 across country

ISLAMABAD: Authorities have reported 62 coronavirus deaths and 1,072 more Covid-19 patients over the past 24 hours...

Published 11 Feb, 2021 04:34am

Pakistan

National coronavirus death tally reaches 12,026: NCOC

ISLAMABAD: The national coronavirus death tally has crossed 12,000 mark and reached 12,026 as the National Command...

Published 09 Feb, 2021 04:43am

Pakistan

IT exports surge by 40pc in H1 FY 2020-21

He said the number of PSEB registered IT & ITeS companies as of November, 30 2020 was 2,746 compared to 2,121 valid registrations as of November, 2019.

Published 08 Feb, 2021 06:58pm

Pakistan

Typhoid vaccination campaign continues in ICT

ISLAMABAD: The government on Sunday continued Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TVC) campaign in Islamabad Capital ...

Published 08 Feb, 2021 03:46am

Pakistan

Senate panel passes three bills including Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Tuesday passed three bills including Criminal Laws (Amendment)...

Published 03 Feb, 2021 04:35am

Pakistan

Senate passes Compulsory Teaching of Arabic Language Bill – 2020

ISLAMABAD: Senate Monday passed The Compulsory Teaching of Arabic Language Bill 2020, a private-member bill moved by...

Updated 02 Feb, 2021 09:50am

Purchases made by previous govt: Govt to run school buses on cost-sharing basis

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to operate school buses purchased by the previous government in 2017 ...

Published 02 Feb, 2021 04:29am

Pakistan

Capital records 104 fresh corona cases in 24 hours: NCOC

ISLAMABAD: Covid-19 cases continued to surge in the federal capital as 104 new Corona cases were reported from the...

Published 01 Feb, 2021 03:39am

Pakistan

Federal capital records 100 fresh corona cases in last 24 hours: NCOC

He said the government had adopted effective strategy to combat COVID-19 that resulted reduction in corona cases in the country.

Published 30 Jan, 2021 12:43am

Pakistan

Covid-19: Pakistan reports 64 new deaths

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday reported 64 more coronavirus deaths bringing the national death tally to 11,514,...

Published 29 Jan, 2021 04:55am

Pakistan

Ministry drafts National Cyber Security Policy 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has drafted National Cyber Security Policy...

Published 29 Jan, 2021 04:55am

ECC meeting rescheduled for today

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has been rescheduled for Thursday...

Published 28 Jan, 2021 04:40am

BR Research

Scaling IT exports

While Pakistan’s telecom and IT-related services exports have done well in recent months, there is room for more...

Published 27 Jan, 2021 07:30am

Technology

USF awards Rs254mn Contract to Jazz

“This project will benefit an unserved population of 0.34 Million in 263 unserved mauzas, thereby covering an unserved area of 4,002 sq.km. of Jhelum and Chakwal districts.”

Published 26 Jan, 2021 10:26am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 26	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 26	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 26	153.77
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Jul 26	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 25	5,399.22
Nasdaq / Jul 25	17,181.72
Dow Jones / Jul 25	39,935.07
India Sensex / Jul 26	80,709.64
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 26	37,865.35
Hang Seng / Jul 26	17,058.55
FTSE 100 / Jul 26	8,255.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 26	18,346.62

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 26	78.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 26	17,035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 26	215,621
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 26	2,374.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 26	68.62
Petrol/Litre / Jul 27	275.60

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jul 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jul 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jul 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jul 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jul 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jul 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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